On Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:23:57 -0400, "ikinari" <adaly at getsmartz.com>
wrote:
>I am not going to debate a host of questions perhaps best left for Plato or
>Aristotle. But, how about engaging in a purely 20th century discussion on
>the neuroscientific basis of the current philosophical dogma? Bottom line,
>is anyone on this chat group interested in imporved neurotransmitter
>production post blood-brain barrier (i.e. dopamine and acetylcholine)? Why
>aren't more resources in our society tasked for improving not only our
>physical selves, but our mental existence?
>
In fact quite a lot of effort goes into improving or mental lives. It's
called education.
As to better living through chemistry I think the feeling is that our
brains, like the rest of us, have evolved as a set of compromises
between conflicting demands and that if you can artificial boost our
performance in meeting one of these demands there's a good chance it
will, in the medium term, turn out to be at the expense of another one.
Why the strange mixture of groups, BTW.